It’s been nine years since we last saw Ted, the plush teddy bear who, courtesy of a wish upon a shooting star, was magically brought to life as the racist, sexist, and all-around profane best friend of Mark Wahlberg’s thirtysomething Massachusetts schlub John.
That prolonged absence is rather surprising given that 2012’s Ted is the second most successful R-rated comedy in Hollywood history (and its 2015 sequel did pretty well in its own right). Nonetheless, it’s less shocking to discover that time has not altered the cute-and-crass animated toy, who’s once again voiced with impudent inappropriateness by creator Seth MacFarlane in Ted, an eight-episode Peacock prequel series that rewinds to Ted’s early days with best pal John (Max Burkholder) in the Boston suburb of Framingham—and, in doing so, earns quite a few more chuckles than its big-screen counterparts.
HE’S BACK
The foul-mouthed, bigoted, horny talking teddy bear that first shocked audiences into laughter in 2012 is back in a new series that, even in this climate, manages to somehow work.
Nick Schager
>
No comments:
Post a Comment